Recipes
Gemma's simple banana cake
I’ve been taking part in Zero Waste Week and today I found a couple of overripe bananas at the bottom of the fruit bowl…So I made banana cake! I use this really simple banana cake recipe from Mary Berry’s Baking Bible. It literally takes 5 minutes to make the cake mixture!
Read MoreUse it up! Pakoras
Tonight I made Pakora with a bag of out of date spinach which was just begining to wilt. Use any vegetables that you have shrivelling in the bottom of the fridge. Just cut the vegetables into slices, or shred according to their density. Remember that courgettes will cook a lot quicker than chunks of carrot.…
Read MoreKaren's blackberry sauce
Our garden gave us an unexpected haul of blackberries and apples this year. I challenged myself to make something to go with cooked meats.
Read MoreSummer baked vegetable stew leftovers – takes 3-5 minutes!
This recipe takes just 3 minutes in the microwave, so really is convenience food!
Read MoreSusan's quick curried rice
Perfect for using up leftover cooked rice.
Read MoreKim's pasta salad
For using up leftover pasta the following day for lunch
Read MoreSerial Cereal Fruit Turnover.
When boxes of cereals, crunch, flakes or granola type of dry breakfast accumulate, it becomes necessary to use up the bits and bags before it becomes rancid and noxious. Here is a way to make use of those neglected cupboard hoarders and various lonely fruits.
Read MoreBeef Curry with Chickpeas
This is a great recipe to cook in bulk then freeze the leftovers. Make it to use up leftover cooked potatoes
Read MoreDon't forget the birds! Use it up Fatballs recipe
A stock-take of our store cupboards earlier this week revealed a startling number of packets of dry goods like nuts, seeds, beans and dried fruit, with only a handful of their contents left. So I begged some lard from a non-veggie work colleague and turned some of the left-over nuts, seeds and dried fruit into…
Read MoreGavin's Jungle Hotpot!
This is what we do with the odd bits of veg left over from Sunday lunch
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